Tractor Deal Probe Ended in Amarillo City Purchase
The Taxpayers League announces completion of a probe into Amarillo city purchases of tractors graders and related equipment. City officials deny prior orders before bids and affidavits indicate tractors were ordered after bids and used for demonstration with no irregularities.
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Taxpayers’ League
J. Ray
Amarillo
City Commission
E. N. Stanley
Allis-Chalmers Company
N. Durham
Lowe
Dallas
Texas
M. R. Winder
Early American habits and a new San Francisco opera house
A 1768 Franklin letter notes air baths and insomnia cures. The piece corrects a claim about New York hosting the only grand opera season, noting a four million dollar opera house opening in San Francisco Civic Center on the fifteenth with 4500 subscribers who sought seats.
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Benjamin Franklin
New York
San Francisco
Civic Center
California
Mental Gifts Favor Children Of Aged Fathers
A study of 1,000 highly capable individuals in Britannica's fourteenth edition, published in Nature, finds children born to fathers over 70 have fifty times higher chances of inheriting exceptional mental talents than those with fathers under 45. Fathers over 45 double the odds. notable examples include Bacon, Herschel, Boyle, Pitt, Johnson, Hunter, and Parsons.
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New York
A. F. Dutton
Hertfordshire
England
Nature
Dutton
Francis Bacon
John Herschel
Robert Boyle
William Pitt
Samuel Johnson
John Hunter
James Parsons
Appeals for Crown Prince to Save German Empire
A Potsdam Tages Zeitung piece argues the former crown prince must lead Germany, praising him as salvation for the fatherland. A Socialist writer criticizes scientists and other Germans, while another photo shows President Hoover with a 150 member colored delegation in Washington, led by Roscoe Conklin Simmons, urging Republican support.
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Potsdam
Tages Zeitung
Germany
Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Republican Party
Roscoe Conklin Simmons
Chicago
Simmons
Mark Hanna
Abraham Lincoln
South
Guiding Your Child Discouraging Correction
A mother observes her seven year old son attempt self care and resists correcting his effort. She recognizes praise over correction preserves motivation and supports independent effort in learning routine tasks.
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Robert
Congress Candidate Works On Skills For Victory
A Congress candidate increases efforts to gain needed skills, aiming to strengthen readiness for the campaign and improve chances in the upcoming race.
Devotees of Magic To Meet at Dallas
Five hundred devotees of Black Magic will converge on Dallas for a two day convention of the Society of American Magicians. They will perform at the Texas State Fair Friday and hold a business meeting the next day.
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Dallas
U.P
Society of American Magicians
School employee in forgery conviction
Bryan October 12 Former Texas A and M extension service bookkeeper Randolph pleaded guilty to four counts of embezzlement and passing forged instruments and received two year terms on each count to run concurrently Four other indictments were dismissed Sheriff J H Reed transported the prisoner to Huntsville after sentencing A University of Pittsburgh scientist isolated vitamin C from igmon juice.
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Bryan
H. EF. Randolph
Extension Service of
Texas A. & M. College
J. H. Reed
Huntsville
Tax Statements To Be Completed Soon
Potter County tax assessor H. F. Kinkaid faces illness as 65 000 properties are refigured after a one sixth valuation cut. The statements will be ready by November 1 for split tax payments due by November 30, with records reset to June 30.
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Potter County
H. F. Kinkaid
Kinkaid
Mobile grocers roll through Berlin on daily truck routes
Germany operates traveling grocery stores mounted on trucks that service daily routes around Berlin. The mobile markets bring produce and staples directly to neighborhoods, expanding shopping access.
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Germany
Berlin
V. F. W to Name Officers at Wednesday Meeting
The John B. Golding Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will elect officers at a Wednesday night meeting in the Legion Home at Municipal Auditorium. The Auxiliary will also elect officers at the same time with refreshments served.
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John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion Home
Municipal Auditorium
Auxiliary
Refrigerating System Installed in Berlin Postal Tubes
A refrigerating system has been installed in the underground mail tubes of the Berlin post office to prevent overheating from friction.
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Berlin
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